“I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.” Hermann Hesse
“But there is good and reason in us, in human beings, with whom fortune plays, and we can be stronger than nature and fate, if only for a few hours. And we can draw close to one another in times of need, understand and love one another, and live to comfort each other. And sometimes, when the black depths are silent, we can do even more. We can then be gods for moments, stretch out a commanding hand and create things which were not there before and which, when they are created, continue to live without us.” Hermann Hesse
“Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.” Hermann Hesse
“The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.” Hermann Hesse
“I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?” Hermann Hesse
“Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world’s phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again.” Hermann Hesse
“Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a game and a toy. They had become a chain and a burden.” Hermann Hesse
“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” Hermann Hesse
“Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity.” Hermann Hesse
